וַיָּבֹ֣א כָל־הָעָ֗ם לְהַבְר֧וֹת אֶת־דָּוִ֛ד לֶ֖חֶם בְּע֣וֹד הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע דָּוִ֜ד לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י אִם־לִפְנֵ֧י בֽוֹא־הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֶטְעַם־לֶ֖חֶם א֥וֹ כָל־מְאֽוּמָה׃
Dumating ang buong bayan upang pakainin si David habang araw pa, ngunit sumumpa si David, na nagsasabi: “Ganito ang gawin sa akin ng Diyos at higit pa, kung bago lumubog ang araw ay tumikim ako ng tinapay o ng anumang bagay.”
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
Our Rabbis were taught: In those places where it is customary for women to follow the bier, they may do so, and where it is customary for them to precede the bier, they may do accordingly. R. Juda, however, maintains that women must always precede the coffin, as we find in the case of David, who followed the coffin, as it is said (II Sam. 3, 31) And the King David walked behind the bier. But the Rabbis objected and said that this was done to appease the people. And they were appeased, because David went from the men to the women and from the women to the men [for this purpose], as it is said (Ib. 37) And all the people and all Israel understood on that day that it had not been the will of the king [to kill Abner]. Raba lectured: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ib. 35) And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day? It is written L'hachroth (to destroy), and we read L'habroth (to feed)— i.e., in the beginning the people came to destroy him because of the death of Abner, but after he had appeased them they caused him to eat."